We see a crescent moon.
When the moon is in between the earth and the sun, but not in the same plane, we see a solar eclipse.
you will see a full moon
Full Moon
lunar eclipse which is the moon blocking the sun
Then we see full moons. If the Earth passes PRECISELY between the Sun and the Moon, then we see a lunar eclipse.
lunar eclipse which is the moon blocking the sun
as the earth moves so does the moon and where the earth orbits the sun and the moon orbits earth as the earth moves around the sun the sun projects light and it hits the moon and we can see the light from the sun reflecting off the moon
The moon orbits the earth at an average distance of 226,000 miles, while the earth orbits the sun at a distance of around 93,000,000 miles.
The Moon appears to wax and wane as seen from Earth due to its changing position relative to the Sun. When the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun, we see the illuminated side (waxing). When the Earth is between the Moon and the Sun, we see the shadowed side (waning).
the new moon is seen when it comes between the sun and the earth
It is the distance between the earth and moon.
The phases of the moon are dependant on the relative positions of the sun, moon and earth. It's the angle between the view-lines to the sun and the moon, with you at the vertex of the angle. The phase of the moon you see depends on how much of the sunlit side of the moon faces earth.